9th Class Social Science Sports Question Bank 9th CBSE Social Science History & Sports: The Story of Cricket

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      How was cricket dominated by the White elites in British colonial territories like the West Indies?

    Answer:

                      (i) In West Indies, cricket became a sign of superior social and racial status and agro-Caribbean population was discouraged to participate in organised club cricket. (ii) The first non-White club in West Indies was established by the end of the 19th century and even in this case its members were light-skinned. (iii) Though Black people played an enormous amount of informal cricket on the beaches, club cricket was dominated by the White elites till the 1930s.


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